Stationery makers in Japan offer a dazzling lineup of innovative and trendy products, including customizable notebooks, masking tape in a rainbow of colors and designs, and imaginatively shaped ...

Now, he manufactures the top-shelf product coveted by anyone with a blackboard, saving it after the original Japanese maker, Hagoromo Stationery, went out of business. Shin, 50, is not the only ...

The Coupy-Pencil 100 Colors Black Package Edition will sell for 16,500 yen ($150). Reservations for the set will be accepted at stationery shops in Japan and online.